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+.. cmake-manual-description: CMake Qt Features Reference
+
+cmake-qt(7)
+***********
+
+.. only:: html
+
+ .. contents::
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+CMake can find and use Qt 4 and Qt 5 libraries. The Qt 4 libraries are found
+by the :module:`FindQt4` find-module shipped with CMake, whereas the
+Qt 5 libraries are found using "Config-file Packages" shipped with Qt 5. See
+:manual:`cmake-packages(7)` for more information about CMake packages, and
+see `the Qt cmake manual <http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-5/cmake-manual.html>`_
+for your Qt version.
+
+Qt 4 and Qt 5 may be used together in the same
+:manual:`CMake buildsystem <cmake-buildsystem(7)>`:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.8.0 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+ project(Qt4And5)
+
+ set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
+
+ find_package(Qt5 COMPONENTS Widgets DBus REQUIRED)
+ add_executable(publisher publisher.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(publisher Qt5::Widgets Qt5::DBus)
+
+ find_package(Qt4 REQUIRED)
+ add_executable(subscriber subscriber.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(subscriber Qt4::QtGui Qt4::QtDBus)
+
+A CMake target may not link to both Qt 4 and Qt 5. A diagnostic is issued if
+this is attempted or results from transitive target dependency evaluation.
+
+Qt Build Tools
+==============
+
+Qt relies on some bundled tools for code generation, such as ``moc`` for
+meta-object code generation, ``uic`` for widget layout and population,
+and ``rcc`` for virtual filesystem content generation. These tools may be
+automatically invoked by :manual:`cmake(1)` if the appropriate conditions
+are met. The automatic tool invocation may be used with both Qt 4 and Qt 5.
+
+The tools are executed as part of a synthesized custom target generated by
+CMake. Target dependencies may be added to that custom target by adding them
+to the :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_TARGET_DEPENDS` target property.
+
+AUTOMOC
+^^^^^^^
+
+The :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` target property controls whether :manual:`cmake(1)`
+inspects the C++ files in the target to determine if they require ``moc`` to
+be run, and to create rules to execute ``moc`` at the appropriate time.
+
+If a ``Q_OBJECT`` or ``Q_GADGET`` macro is found in a header file, ``moc``
+will be run on the file. The result will be put into a file named according
+to ``moc_<basename>.cpp``. If the macro is found in a C++ implementation
+file, the moc output will be put into a file named according to
+``<basename>.moc``, following the Qt conventions. The ``<basename>.moc`` must
+be included by the user in the C++ implementation file with a preprocessor
+``#include``.
+
+Included ``moc_*.cpp`` and ``*.moc`` files will be generated in the
+``<AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR>/include`` directory which is
+automatically added to the target's :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES`.
+
+* This differs from CMake 3.7 and below; see their documentation for details.
+* See :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR`.
+
+Not included ``moc_<basename>.cpp`` files will be generated in custom
+folders to avoid name collisions and included in a separate
+``<AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR>/mocs_compilation.cpp`` file which is compiled
+into the target.
+
+* See :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR`.
+
+The ``moc`` command line will consume the :prop_tgt:`COMPILE_DEFINITIONS` and
+:prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES` target properties from the target it is being
+invoked for, and for the appropriate build configuration.
+
+The :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` target property may be pre-set for all
+following targets by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC` variable. The
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS` target property may be populated to set
+options to pass to ``moc``. The :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOMOC_MOC_OPTIONS`
+variable may be populated to pre-set the options for all following targets.
+
+Additional ``moc`` dependency file names can be extracted from source code
+by using :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC_DEPEND_FILTERS`.
+
+Source C++ files can be excluded from :prop_tgt:`AUTOMOC` processing by
+enabling :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOMOC` or the broader :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN`.
+
+.. _`Qt AUTOUIC`:
+
+AUTOUIC
+^^^^^^^
+
+The :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` target property controls whether :manual:`cmake(1)`
+inspects the C++ files in the target to determine if they require ``uic`` to
+be run, and to create rules to execute ``uic`` at the appropriate time.
+
+If a preprocessor ``#include`` directive is found which matches
+``<path>ui_<basename>.h``, and a ``<basename>.ui`` file exists,
+then ``uic`` will be executed to generate the appropriate file.
+The ``<basename>.ui`` file is searched for in the following places
+
+1. ``<source_dir>/<basename>.ui``
+2. ``<source_dir>/<path><basename>.ui``
+3. ``<AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS>/<basename>.ui``
+4. ``<AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS>/<path><basename>.ui``
+
+where ``<source_dir>`` is the directory of the C++ file and
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC_SEARCH_PATHS` is a list of additional search paths.
+
+The generated generated ``ui_*.h`` files are placed in the
+``<AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR>/include`` directory which is
+automatically added to the target's :prop_tgt:`INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES`.
+
+* This differs from CMake 3.7 and below; see their documentation for details.
+* See :prop_tgt:`AUTOGEN_BUILD_DIR`.
+
+The :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` target property may be pre-set for all following
+targets by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOUIC` variable. The
+:prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC_OPTIONS` target property may be populated to set options
+to pass to ``uic``. The :variable:`CMAKE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS` variable may be
+populated to pre-set the options for all following targets. The
+:prop_sf:`AUTOUIC_OPTIONS` source file property may be set on the
+``<basename>.ui`` file to set particular options for the file. This
+overrides options from the :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC_OPTIONS` target property.
+
+A target may populate the :prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS` target
+property with options that should be used when invoking ``uic``. This must be
+consistent with the :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC_OPTIONS` target property content of the
+depender target. The :variable:`CMAKE_DEBUG_TARGET_PROPERTIES` variable may
+be used to track the origin target of such
+:prop_tgt:`INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS`. This means that a library which
+provides an alternative translation system for Qt may specify options which
+should be used when running ``uic``:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ add_library(KI18n klocalizedstring.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(KI18n Qt5::Core)
+
+ # KI18n uses the tr2i18n() function instead of tr(). That function is
+ # declared in the klocalizedstring.h header.
+ set(autouic_options
+ -tr tr2i18n
+ -include klocalizedstring.h
+ )
+
+ set_property(TARGET KI18n APPEND PROPERTY
+ INTERFACE_AUTOUIC_OPTIONS ${autouic_options}
+ )
+
+A consuming project linking to the target exported from upstream automatically
+uses appropriate options when ``uic`` is run by :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC`, as a
+result of linking with the :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` target:
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
+ # Uses a libwidget.ui file:
+ add_library(LibWidget libwidget.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(LibWidget
+ KF5::KI18n
+ Qt5::Widgets
+ )
+
+Source files can be excluded from :prop_tgt:`AUTOUIC` processing by
+enabling :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOUIC` or the broader :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN`.
+
+.. _`Qt AUTORCC`:
+
+AUTORCC
+^^^^^^^
+
+The :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC` target property controls whether :manual:`cmake(1)`
+creates rules to execute ``rcc`` at the appropriate time on source files
+which have the suffix ``.qrc``.
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ add_executable(myexe main.cpp resource_file.qrc)
+
+The :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC` target property may be pre-set for all following targets
+by setting the :variable:`CMAKE_AUTORCC` variable. The
+:prop_tgt:`AUTORCC_OPTIONS` target property may be populated to set options
+to pass to ``rcc``. The :variable:`CMAKE_AUTORCC_OPTIONS` variable may be
+populated to pre-set the options for all following targets. The
+:prop_sf:`AUTORCC_OPTIONS` source file property may be set on the
+``<name>.qrc`` file to set particular options for the file. This
+overrides options from the :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC_OPTIONS` target property.
+
+Source files can be excluded from :prop_tgt:`AUTORCC` processing by
+enabling :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTORCC` or the broader :prop_sf:`SKIP_AUTOGEN`.
+
+qtmain.lib on Windows
+=====================
+
+The Qt 4 and 5 :prop_tgt:`IMPORTED` targets for the QtGui libraries specify
+that the qtmain.lib static library shipped with Qt will be linked by all
+dependent executables which have the :prop_tgt:`WIN32_EXECUTABLE` enabled.
+
+To disable this behavior, enable the ``Qt5_NO_LINK_QTMAIN`` target property for
+Qt 5 based targets or ``QT4_NO_LINK_QTMAIN`` target property for Qt 4 based
+targets.
+
+.. code-block:: cmake
+
+ add_executable(myexe WIN32 main.cpp)
+ target_link_libraries(myexe Qt4::QtGui)
+
+ add_executable(myexe_no_qtmain WIN32 main_no_qtmain.cpp)
+ set_property(TARGET main_no_qtmain PROPERTY QT4_NO_LINK_QTMAIN ON)
+ target_link_libraries(main_no_qtmain Qt4::QtGui)